What can you do to take care of your watershed community?

Kids can do a lot to keep their watershed communities healthy and clean. Here are four things you can do today to make a difference.

1. Put trash in its place

Pick up any trash items that you find (even if you didn’t place it there) and properly place them in the designated areas.

2. Clean up pollution

Organize a trash clean up so that this trash will not pollute our watershed. A trash clean up can be done in your front yard, on your street, in your neighborhood, at a park, at your school, or in your local community.

3. Recycle items

Reduce the amount of trash that your family produces by collecting aluminum, glass, paper, or plastic items and recycling them. By doing this you will also be saving the lives of trees and allowing more plants to produce oxygen.

4. Save water

Limit your water use. Take shorter showers, turn the faucet off when brushing your teeth, and tell adults about any leaky faucets you see.